19 March 2019 - Minister Nomvula Mokonyane, today met with the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) together with the South African Predators Association (SAPA) in an attempt to find consensus on concerns around the breeding and welfare of lions in captivity as well as the trade in lion bones. The NSPCA lodged a court application challenging government’s ‘quota-system’...
19 March 2019 - The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (EKZNW)) and the Johannesburg Zoo this week released the second batch of captive-bred endangered Pickersgill’s Reed Frogs (Hyperolius pickersgilli), at River Horse Valley in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Na
15 March 2019 - Earlier today the Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Ms Barbara Thomson, launched the Gugulethu Environmental Awareness and Sustainability Initiative as part of the Good Green Deeds campaign, at the Gugulethu NY2 Indoor Sports Complex, in Cape Town. The event was preceded by a two day exhibition which took place from 13 – 14 March 2019, and focused on job and entrepreneurial opportunities.
14 March 2019 - It gives me great pleasure to address you on this important occasion where as an international community we have once again gathered to discuss critical issues defining the global environmental agenda. On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of South Africa, allow me to express my condolences on the tragic loss of life experienced as a result of the air disaster. during this difficult time.
14 March 2019 - The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) will welcome back the SA Agulhas II, as she returns from Antarctica on Friday, 15 March 2019, at the East Pier Quay, V&A Waterfront Cape Town. The vessel has for the first time been at sea for 100 days fulfilling its core mandate of scientific research.
